I work in a shop so not reallllly a call centre...
but I get SO fucked off with this conversation...

*Phone rings*
Me: Good Morning *Company Name* *Town Name* How can I help.
Caller: Oh hello is that *Company name*
Me: Yes.
Caller: In *Town Name*
Me: *to myself* No... No it's the Tamworth branch of Spud-u-like you stupid moron, would you like me to push this potato up your arse.

DAILY I get that call. One day I will confuse them with my rhetoric. Actually off topic but similar, years ago I used to work in a supermarket concession stand cutting keys. By my counter I had a board two metres by two metres with THOUSANDS of key blanks hanging on it and a big sign above saying "Keys Cut Here". One day a middle aged lady walked up to me and said..

Her: "Do you cut keys?"
Me - in total amazement - "No love sorry".
Her: "Oh right... ok", walks off.
Me: I am only joking love which one do you want.

IDIOT.!
(elfinpunk Touching Cloth Since, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 21:59, 5 replies)

Similar off topic phone agony
My work's phone number is 1 digit off the local taxi company's number. I have had endless arguements with people about why their taxi's are 20 minutes late.

On the plus side, it is interesting to listen to our answering machine after Friday nights.
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 23:51, closed)

Hehehe.
I would be like Ross in Friends when he keeps getting beeped for the wrong number. Take the call and tell them the taxi will be there in so many minutes and leave them to be. lol. Brilliant fun.
(elfinpunk Touching Cloth Since, Sat 5 Sep 2009, 13:24, closed)

I live in tamworth.
i wish there was a spud u like...
(evilging www.drivenlikethesnow.co.uk, Sat 5 Sep 2009, 0:02, closed)

The key story reminds me
When I worked in a coffee bar, rarely did a day go by without someone walking in, looking at all the various kinds of bulk coffees complete with price signs we had all over the shop, and then asking me if we sold coffee.
After a while, I started to answer that we sold [random non-coffee product] and they ought to try the shoe store a few doors down. Wink, grin, and-what-would-you-like-today-madam/sir? Surprisingly, it went over quite well.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 7 Sep 2009, 17:07, closed)

You can't do that as it would involve them not being incredibly stupid. A regular one I get is - 'are you open' OPEN sign up on unlocked door, lights on, me sitting there, grilles off and between the hours of opening time and closing time as stated in 24 point type next to the OPEN sign, the temptation to say no increases every day. Or yesterdays one - 'are you open?' Yes says I as the fellow indicates he was just curious or unsure on the subject as he wanders off never to be seen again and I am left unsure as to why they almost certainly have more money than I ever will.
(Benzyl, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 20:06, closed)